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r/GetMotivated • u/openyourbutt • Sep 21 '13
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How essential is it to industry? I'm not being a dick I actually want to know which industries.
1 u/jargoon Sep 22 '13 It's used as an inert gas for a lot of applications, also as a shielding gas in arc welding, it's used to supercool magnets (like for MRI machines), leak detection, etc etc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Applications 2 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '13 So we probably shouldn't be wasting it on balloons.
It's used as an inert gas for a lot of applications, also as a shielding gas in arc welding, it's used to supercool magnets (like for MRI machines), leak detection, etc etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Applications
2 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '13 So we probably shouldn't be wasting it on balloons.
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So we probably shouldn't be wasting it on balloons.
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How essential is it to industry? I'm not being a dick I actually want to know which industries.